February 19, 2015 / Front Page

Marty Olejniczak and Alicia Kowalewski of the Polish Heritage Dancers provide some entertainment during the 18th annual Paczki Day celebration held on Sunday at the Grapevine Banquets in Depew. More...

Lancaster Town Hall was at standing room only Tuesday night as more than 50 people came to voice their concerns regarding rezoning the area known as 00 Broadway from a residential one designation to a multi-family residential district. More...

The following students from Lancaster were named to the honor roll at Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart for the second quarter of the 2014-2015 school year: Grade 12 Arianna Arquette, Laura Dachille, Lauren Patterson and Mikaela Walsh More...

Lancaster High School freshman Emily Adele Van Pyrz was the first-place finalist in her age category at the Western New York Young Performers Showcase. The event was held at the Millennium Hotel on Feb. More...

Kristin Kegler throws a water balloon filled with paint at wood in her parents’ garage. Tony DeRosa rubs charcoal on a piece of sketching paper. The artists take a blank slate and fill it with possibility. More...

The Lancaster Area Chamber of Commerce sponsored its first village and town hall meeting Tuesday night, discussing the future of local small businesses in 2015. Panelists for the event included Town of Lancaster Supervisor Dino Fudoli, Village More...

The Lancaster Central School District’s pro-mascot group has sponsored a banner hanging over Central Avenue in front of Rite Aid. The banner advertises the March 3 public forum to discuss the controversial mascot issue, and reads, “ More...

Sister Barbara Whelan, Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities, taught school for nearly half a century. “I became a Sister of St. Francis, and at the time our primary ministry was teaching and nursing,” she said. More...

Assemblywoman Angela Wozniak, R,C,I-Cheektowaga, joined four local schools to collect and deliver more than 1,500 valentines to seniors on Valentine’s Day. Wozniak visited Garden Gate Health Care Facility in Cheektowaga and Elderwood Heal More...

This letter is in support of the re-election of Mayor Steve Hoffman and Trustees Jules Pecora and Michael Nolder. These individuals have left quite a mark in the past four years and deserve to be retained. More...

I recently read David Sherman’s column on tipping and minimum wage legislation. While interesting and informative of current proposed legislation, I find a little trouble in the way in which the article is written. More...

Out of the large contingency of Lancaster wrestlers at the Division I state qualifier at Lake Shore High School, three emerged to place second at the tournament. Tommy Michel fell in the finals in overtime, losing a 5-3 decision to Niagara-Whea More...